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Mt. Locke Proposal Submission Instructions

McDonald Proposals Online Submission consists of 4 web forms, a public outreach page, and a review/submit page. A single or multiple
file attachment must be prepared separately and uploaded on page 4 of the forms as a pdf.

Page 1 - Proposal Information

Proposal Title

PI/Institution

PI Email

Co-I(s)

Abstract

Nights Requested

Telescope/Mode

Instrument Requested

Detector

Time Critical

Target of Opportunity

Lunar Constraints

CCD Binning

Gratings

Filters

Specification of Date Ranges

Other Constraints (Dates you cannot observe)

Request for Long-Term Status (UT personnel only)

Page 2 - Observer Information

Name of Actual Observer

Email of Observer

Last Use (Date observer last used requested telescope)

Last Instrument Use (Date observer last used requested instrument)

Has observer been trained on the requested telescope and instrument?

If no, how will observer be trained?

Name of experienced UT observer with this telescope/instrument who will accompany
the actual observer for at least two nights

Name of graduate student experienced with this telescope/instrument hired to accompany
the actual observer

Agreement to attend at least 2 nights of an observing run with this telescope/instrument prior
to the requested run

New user's observing experience

New user's observing reference

Page 3 - Graduate Students Only

Are these data being used by a graduate student for dissertation work?

Grad Student Name

Subject of Dissertation

Grad Student Advisor

Grad Student Year

Estimated Completion Date

Is this research part of the degree requirement?

Estimate how much more telescope time will be needed to complete research

Page 4 - Uploads (PDF)
Requests for observing time must include the following, uploaded as a single or multiple file .pdf attachment. Prepare
in any text editor. Minimum 11pt. type, 1" margins. For LaTeX
users: A template for preparing text in the proper format can be found
here. Uploaded attachments
must be black and white only. NO COLOR.

Description of Observations & Justification of Exposure Times
Should include an object table with RA/Dec and Mag for each object -or- a representative list or description of sample

Description and Justification of Special Constraints

Results from Previous Observing Time at McDonald
Up to 1 page

Request for Long-Term Status
UT observers only. Up to 1 page. Please indicate why your proposal needs long-term status, what milestones you expect to
achieve by the end of the 1 year period and details of the numbers of nights you need in the current and following two trimesters.

Review and Submit
In addition to a web page review, "Preview Proposal" will create a pdf of your proposal, as it will be
submitted to the TAC. Once submitted, you may continue to edit the proposal. The TAC will receive the version in the system at the
close of the submission period.

Take advantage of the IGRINS mini-queue if your observations meet one of three criteria: a short amount of time to finish a previous trimester's project; a trial observation to determine a project's feasibility; or a complete program that needs only 1-2 hours total.